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Dates | 1740-1783 | ||
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Location | London | ||
Vocation | Physician; man-midwife | ||
Place of Birth | East Kilbride | ||
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Place of birth | Source | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Educated at Glasgow and Edinburgh. Went to London to study midwifery under William Smellie (1740). Began working under Scottish man-midwife James Douglas (1741), and established his own surgical and midwifery practice (1744). Began teaching anatomy (1746). Member of the Company of Surgeons (c.1747). Man-midwife to Middlesex Hospital (1748) and to British Lying-in Hospital (1749-1759). Elected to Society of London Physicians (1754). Attended Queen Charlotte, and became her physician-extraordinary (1762). Joined Society of Collegiate Physicians (c.1762). Elected to the Royal Society (1767). Elected to the Society of Antiquaries (1768). Moved into a purpose-guilt residence and teaching facility on Great Windmill Street (1768), where he remained for the rest of his life.